Improved thill-holding loop



UNITED STATES ATnT rtree.

WILLIAM MORLEY,

or noLIvE, IOWA.

IMPROVED THILL-HOLDING LOOP.

To alt fio/om it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, WILLIAM MORLEY, of

`Rolfe, in the county of Pocahontas and State otl Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Thill-Holding Loop; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part et' this specification, in which- Figure l is a iront view. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a vert-ical section taken through the line x x in Fig. 2.

This invention relates to a new and uset'ul thill-holding loop for harness, and also to an improved inode ot' suspending the same, whereby a saving ot labor and material is made and a loop produced which is more durable and snug, and much more neat in appearance, than the ordinary loops now in use.

1tconsists in a metallic loop which is provided at its top and bottom with strap-guides and on its sides with fixed tongues which engage with the suspending-straps, the loop being suspended between two parts ot' the suspending-straps in such a manner as to be ad- `justable therein, and without impairing the strength ot' the suspending-straps, but leaving the two parts of the same at their full strength.

AA, Fig. 3, in the accompanying drawing is a metallic loop which has upon its top and bottom four strap-guides, b b b b, these guides being connected to the body ot' the loop A A by necks a. c c are tongues which are iixed on the sides ot' the loop AA. d d, Figs.

l and 2, is a leather covering for the loop.

E E is the strap by which theloop is suspended.

In xing this metallic loop A A to the harness a leather covering, d cl, Figs. l and 2, is first sewed onto the loop, and the two parts e c ot' the suspending-strap E E are then rove or passed through the two sets ot` guides b b b b, one part c ot' the strap passing down around one side ot' the loop, and the other part c passing around the opposite side, so that the loop A A is held between the two parts e c of the suspemlingstrap E E, the tongues c c occupying a set ot' the holes ff, Figs. 2 and 3. The two parts ot' the strap are then stitched together above and below the loop, a short distance from the same, as shown by the stitching h h, Fig. 2, and the litting ot' the loop is completed.

The loop is readily adjusted vertically in the strap by pulling the parts oi" the strap through the guides and changing the tongues into a new set ci' holes. From the Inanner in which the loop is suspended the suspendingstrap has great strength, which gives durability. l

The relative economy in the use ot' leather in favor of this method over the old` or ordinary method is proportionally as eight is to twelve-that is, it requires but eight feet ot leather' in length to attach this loop to a harness, while thc old method requires twelve feet.

The loop is more snug than any of the 0rdinary loops now in use, there being no strap ends exposed or hanging loose therefrom.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letf ters Patent- A metallic thill-holding loop, A A, constructed substantially as described, and the suspending ot' the same between two parts of a suspending-strap, E E, substantially inthe manner and for the purpose set forth.

VILLIAM MORLEY.

litnesses MICHAEL GoLvIN, THOMAS G. KNOX. 

